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Re: Heads off, what next

To: Geoff Branch <branch@valinet.com>
Subject: Re: Heads off, what next
From: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 03:26:33 -0500
Cc: Spridgets Mail list <spridgets@Autox.Team.Net>
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Reply-to: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>
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Geoff Branch wrote:
> 
> Here's what I would do:  Pull the damn pistons, its easy and fast.  Look at
> them.  clean them.  If they are pretty good, slap some new rings in them.

  If changing rings, be sure to buy a ridge reamer to remove the
ridge or they will break right away. ($25 tool)

  As well, pass a home through the cylinders to give the new
rings a chance to bed properly. ($20 tool)

  Go for it.

-- 
Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
ICQ #17432933 http://www.brit.ca/~tboicey/

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